Animals and house updates OT

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hello me fellow animal lovers,

we have decided to update our kitchen living and dining and hall areas of the

house, it has very nasty loking vinyl flooring or very worn carpet, and we have

picked out commerial vinyl floorin which is over 1/4 " thick. it is shades of

blues and made up of not speckles but of rectangles of blues. it is very

durable. and will survive our dogs and wear and tear. my colors for my themes

in teh kitchen and dining room s snowman and snowfleakes. and the living room is

lighthouses. and the hall way will be donnies marilyn monroe showcase. the

floors will all be the vinyl tiling and i wont have the strips dividig the room

so it will have a continous flow. and now that dad is gone, i can pick ad

choose between all of our combined furniture and get rid of what i dont want and

keep what i do. i have a beautiful entertainment center in solid oak, heavy but

not bulky loooking, sissy is going to polyurethane it for me. and i have a

beautifull burg/rose sofa and matching recliner in like velour, and it has small

stripes in it of country blue and countny green. so it will look great wih the

new flooring. and i have some old cedar lined trunks that sissy is going to

refinish for me i will use one of them as my coffee table. and the bird cage

described b elow will go in the living room with my 3 cockatiels in it.

i wanted to give you all someupdates about our menagerie.

my hamster peanut passed away but notbefore he got sissys hamster s'mores

pregnant. we dont know why peanut died, he wasn't that old. donnie got me a

chinese dwarf hamster, she looks like a tiny chipmunk with the stripe down her

back. she has a tiny tail not even 3/8 " long but when she is cliimbing her wire

cage she uses her tail to help hold her balance wrappin it tight one the wire,

it is too cute.

at a wondefrul yard sale, i found this great bird cage, it was originally a mans

chest of drawers, it had the legs, and all 4 corner peaces and the top, the

rest of the wood was removed and replaced with sturdy grid wires. and a nice

door was made from the wood to open and get into the cage. it was pretty

weathered but sissy took it and sanded it odown and stained it with natural colr

stain, it is gorgeous.we will put our two silver and one pied cockatiels in it.

my 2 males all wolf whistle at me and donnie as we change clothes. nd the female

does too very quietly it sso cute to hear them all whistle,

sissys dad isgoing to make me a rabbit hutch to match the bird cage so i can

move my rabbits into the living room as well. i have given him the dimensions

that wanted and sissy will stain it to matchmy bird cage. we will put our 2

holland lop eared bunnies in there. and their 2 brand new baby bunnies. our 2

babies were born today, and momma has nursed them and made a nest of her fur and

some other nesting material i have put into the cage. this is their first

litter and while she is nursing he, stands guard over them . she has moved

themfrom one corner where she apparently had the first babby to her nsest where

she had the second one. they are so pretty yet so ugly no fur, but it is so

amazing to see the miracle of birth and new life.

donnies cat curious the one who was feline leukemia carrier has disappeared we

are afraid that she may have finally become symptomatic and passed away or tha

one of our neighbors who doesnt like animals called the pound and got her picked

up. as she loved his garage she would catch the field mice in their. we still

have daddys cat stormy who is currently layin here in front of me, can you guys

here him purr, he is a loud purrer. sissy cat smoky sissy has lost a lot of

weight as she runs and play since she was brought here, when she lived iwth

sissys dad she would eat and lay around.here the dogs keep her rnning an playing

so she is a nice looking healthycat.

Sissys collie Lady Bird *she s so elegant she reminds me of LadyBird Johsnon.

sissy named her lady i added bird when she moved here. and her dog Peewee are

all very active and peewee will take ladybirdsball and play tag with her, it is

funny.

my oldest yorkie misty 15 years old now, she eats sleeps and sleeps and sleep,

lol,, she has minor bake problems, anddoesnt hear very well, so the old rule

let a sleeping dog lie, is true she will wake up fighting if yu touch her when

she s asleep. she is very loving otherwise. and kerrys dog sissy wissy also

14, her breast cancer has advanced thru the skin now and she has a cancer tumor

on her spine but she plays, eats and barks so at this point we havent made a

decision, her good days definitey outwiegh her bad days, but we are watching

both misty and sissy carefully, as we wont let either suffer needlessly.

donnies italian greyhound rascal lives up to his name, rascal. always into

something. he is a riot he is a wussy, scared of thunder and loud noises.

my yorkie baby, boogie is still sort of aggressive but doesnt take it out on me,

and is learnin that he is not master of the house i am. he tries to be leaddog,

but is reminded by misty and snickers my oldest boy yorkie 13 years old. one

time it was so funny snickers got really upset with boogie and his attitude.

that h finally turned on boogie and scared boogie so bad that snickers flipped

him onto his back taht he not only offerd his throat in submission but peed all

over himself and the bed, no boogie rspects shickers, he will let snickers eat

first, etc. it is funny

and becase of all our critters is one of the reasonsw bought an RV for hurricane

evacuatin.s i wont leave any of my babies behind, not hamster not bunnies,

noone of them, i hae travel cages for the rabbits and birds, and kennels for the

dogs, not that i would put htem in them but in casei need them

but i idd want to share about our 2 new bunnies, i think she is done but i wll

kee a close eye on here. we are soooooo excited. hugs to all, sharon m

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Daugher of Leonard, diag May 2004, had lbd since 1993, had hip surgery from fall

7/05, aspiration pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, had aspiration

pneumonia and uti 8/05, died of blood pressure drop on 9/25/05,

may he rest in peace with his mom and dad,

a smile a day keeps the meanies away